Trooper tends to scrape, spirits of little girl in Moore

Here depicted in the attached photo, you can see a Trooper assigned to the relief effort, providing medical attention to a little girl who came to him with a scrape on her leg.

Oklahoma Highway Patrol

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Here depicted in the attached photo, you can see a Trooper assigned to the relief effort, providing medical attention to a little girl who came to him with a scrape on her leg.

Oklahoma Highway Patrol

When a trooper was approached by a little girl with a scrape on her leg in Moore, without hesitation he helped her cover her injury and kept her in good spirits by keeping a smile on her face, OHP said in a news release Friday.

"I am very proud of the dedication and professionalism shown by all the responding members of the Department of Public Safety during these tragic events", stated DPS Commissioner Michael C. Thompson. The trooper, Geroge Hoyle, a 15-year veteran of OHP assigned to Troop W, was assigned to the relief effort, providing medical attention in the area.

Hoyle was in the process of helping a woman who stepped on a nail while salvaging items from her destroyed home in the area near the Plaza Towers Elementary School on Tuesday.

"As is the long tradition of Oklahoma State Troopers, we continue to have compassion for victims and their family members in times of need. Sometimes even small gestures can bring a sense of normalcy during extremely tragic events such as this,” said OHP Chief Col. Kerry Pettingill.

OHP said that state troopers and members of the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety will continue to help others in this massive humanitarian effort, for as long as assistance is needed in the area.

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